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Most of us probably don’t believe we need a formal definition of happiness; we know it when we feel it, and we often use the term to…
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Forgiveness
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“The approach we should take to all new studies is a curious but skeptical one. We should take it all seriously and we should take it all with a grain of salt.”― 11 Questions to Ask About COVID-19 Research, by Jeremy Adam Smith